2024–25 FC St. Pauli season

FC St. Pauli

2024–25 season
Head coach	Alexander Blessin
Stadium	Millerntor-Stadion
Bundesliga	15th
DFB-Pokal	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Dapo Afolayan Johannes Eggestein Morgan Guilavogui Elias Saad (2 each) All: Johannes Eggestein Morgan Guilavogui (3 each)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The 2024–25 season is the 115th season in the history of St. Pauli, and their first season in the Bundesliga after an absence since 2010–11. In addition to the domestic league, the team is scheduled to participate in the DFB-Pokal.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
GK	Ben Voll	Viktoria Köln	€100,000	6 June 2024	[1]
MF	Robert Wagner	SC Freiburg	Loan	6 June 2024	[2]
DF	Muhammad Dahaba	FC St. Pauli II	Professional contract	25 June 2024	[3]
FW	Scott Banks	Crystal Palace	€400,000	4 July 2024	[4]
FW	Morgan Guilavogui	RC Lens	Loan	26 July 2024	[5]
DF	Fin Stevens	Brentford	€600,000	26 July 2024	[6]
GK	Eric Oelschlägel	FC Emmen	Free transfer	23 October 2024	[7]
MF	James Sands	New York City FC	Loan	1 January 2025	[8]
FW	Noah Weißhaupt	SC Freiburg	Loan	2 January 2025	[9]
FW	Abdoulie Ceesay	Paide Linnameeskond	€450,000	3 January 2025	[10]

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
MF	Marcel Hartel	St. Louis City SC	End of contract	23 May 2024	[11][12]
FW	Eric da Silva Moreira	Nottingham Forest	€1,500,000	25 June 2024	[13]
DF	Luca Günther	FC St. Pauli II	End of contract	30 June 2024
DF	Tjark Lasse Scheller	SC Paderborn	End of contract	1 July 2024	[14]
MF	Aljoscha Kemlein	1. FC Union Berlin	Loan return	1 July 2024
FW	Etienne Amenyido	Preußen Münster	End of contract	2 July 2024	[15]

Friendlies

FC St. Pauli v Bremer SV

13 July 2024 Friendly	FC St. Pauli	3–1	Bremer SV	Malente
15:30	Eggestein 10' Sinani 64' Albers 86'	Report	Goguadze 25'	Stadium: Uwe-Seeler-Fußballpark A-Platz Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Konrad Oldhafer (Hamburg)

Greuther Fürth v FC St. Pauli

19 July 2024 Friendly	Greuther Fürth	3–1	FC St. Pauli	Kufstein, Austria
18:00	Massimo 28' Noel Futkeu 45', 65'	Report	Dźwigała 79' Afolayan	Stadium: Kufstein Arena Referee: Cemil Et
Note: Four periods of 30 minutes

NK Slaven Belupo v FC St. Pauli

24 July 2024 Friendly	NK Slaven Belupo	v	FC St. Pauli
		Report

FC St. Pauli v Lyon

24 July 2024 Friendly	FC St. Pauli	1–0	Lyon	Schwaz, Austria
18:00 UTC+2	Schmitz 87' Nemeth	Report		Stadium: Silberstadt Arena Schwaz Attendance: 2,500

Norwich City v FC St. Pauli

3 August 2024 Friendly	Norwich City	1–3	FC St. Pauli	Norwich, England
16:00 UTC+2	Rowe 47' Duffy  79'	Report	Irvine 18' Guilavogui 32' Eggestein 39'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 9.959 Referee: Dean Whitestone

FC St. Pauli v Atalanta

9 August 2024 Friendly	FC St. Pauli	3–0	Atalanta	Hamburg
18:30 UTC+2	Eggestein 58' Afolayan 68' Boukhalfa 70'	Report		Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 26,302 Referee: Harm Osmers (Hanover)

Hannover 96 v FC St. Pauli

10 October 2024 Friendly	Hannover 96	3–2	FC St. Pauli	Hanover
12:00 UTC+2	Voglsammer 38', 49' Momuluh 55'	Report	Banks 29', 51' Schmitz Wagner	Stadium: Eilenriedestadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Marius Schlüwe (Laatzen)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC St. Pauli

14 November 2024 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	1–1	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
12:00 UTC+1	Philippe 74' (pen.)	Report	Albers 80' Staugaard	Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Timon Schultz (Arpke)

Eintracht Braunschweig v FC St. Pauli

5 January 2025 Friendly	Eintracht Braunschweig	v	FC St. Pauli	Braunschweig
16:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Eintracht-Stadion Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
				Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Bundesliga	25 August 2024	17 May 2025	Matchday 1	15	4	2	9	12	19	−7	026.67
DFB-Pokal	16 August 2024	29 October 2024	First round	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	050.00
Total				17	5	2	10	17	25	−8	029.41

Last updated: 21 December 2024
Source: Soccerway

Bundesliga

Main article: 2024–25 Bundesliga

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Union Berlin	15	4	5	6	14	19	−5	17
13	FC Augsburg	15	4	4	7	17	32	−15	16
14	FC St. Pauli	15	4	2	9	12	19	−7	14
15	TSG Hoffenheim	15	3	5	7	20	28	−8	14
16	1. FC Heidenheim	15	3	1	11	18	33	−15	10	Qualification for the relegation play-offs

Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Head-to-head away goals scored; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Play-off.^[16]
(Rules 4–6 only apply after home and away matches have been played between the tied teams.)

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	4	2	9	12	19	−7	14	1	2	4	3	9	−6	3	0	5	9	10	−1

Last updated: 21 December 2024.
Source: kicker.de

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	W
Position	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14

Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2024. Source: Bundesliga Fixtures & Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league schedule was released on 4 July 2024.^[17]

FC St. Pauli v 1. FC Heidenheim

25 August 2024 (2024-08-25) 1	FC St. Pauli	0–2	1. FC Heidenheim	Hamburg
17:30 UTC+2	Irvine  18' Wagner  28'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Maloney  22' Wanner 66' Traoré  74' Gimber  78' Schöppner 82'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,157 Referee: Sven Jablonski (Bremen)

Union Berlin v FC St. Pauli

30 August 2024 (2024-08-30) 2	Union Berlin	1–0	FC St. Pauli	Berlin
20:30 UTC+2	Hollerbach 34',  76' Querfeld  90+1' Jeong  90+4'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Guilavogui  45+2'	Stadium: Stadion An der Alten Försterei Attendance: 22,012 Referee: Bastian Dankert (Rostock)

FC Augsburg v FC St. Pauli

14 September 2024 (2024-09-14) 3	FC Augsburg	3–1	FC St. Pauli	Augsburg
15:30 UTC+2	Essende  39' Wolf 47' Rexhbecaj  58' Giannoulis  62' Tietz 67',  90+4' Kabadayi 90+6'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Guilavogui  5' Ritzka  22' Boukhalfa 75' Blessin  90' Mets  90+4'	Stadium: WWK Arena Attendance: 30,660 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

FC St. Pauli v RB Leipzig

22 September 2024 (2024-09-22) 4	FC St. Pauli	0–0	RB Leipzig	Hamburg
19:30 UTC+2	Treu  29' Saad  71'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Haidara  24'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,251 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu)

SC Freiburg v FC St. Pauli

28 September 2024 (2024-09-28) 5	SC Freiburg	0–3	FC St. Pauli	Freiburg
15:30 UTC+2	Ginter  34' Grifo 41' Kübler  43' Höfler  90+4'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Saad 12', 72' Afolayan 45' Eggestein  53' Saliakas  62' Banks  90+5'	Stadium: Europa-Park Stadion Attendance: 34,700 Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)

FC St. Pauli v Mainz 05

5 October 2024 (2024-10-05) 6	FC St. Pauli	0–3	Mainz 05	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2		FCSP Report Kicker Report	Burkardt 5', 62' Sieb 16',  20' Jenz  79' Kohr  88'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Christian Dingert (Lebecksmühle)

Borussia Dortmund v FC St. Pauli

18 October 2024 (2024-10-18) 7	Borussia Dortmund	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Dortmund
20:30 UTC+2	Bensebaini 43' Gittens  75' Brandt  77' Guirassy 83'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Smith  40', 78'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 81,365 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau)

FC St. Pauli v VfL Wolfsburg

26 October 2024 (2024-10-26) 8	FC St. Pauli	0–0	VfL Wolfsburg	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2		FCSP Report Kicker Report	Kamiński  76' Mæhle  81' Majer  90'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Tobias Reichel (Sindelfingen)

TSG Hoffenheim v FC St. Pauli

2 November 2024 (2024-11-02) 9	TSG Hoffenheim	0–2	FC St. Pauli	Sinsheim
15:30 UTC+1		FCSP Report Kicker Report	Afolayan 20' Guilavogui  64' Blessin  70' Albers 90+3'	Stadium: PreZero Arena Attendance: 26,199 Referee: Sascha Stegemann (Niederkassel)

FC St. Pauli v Bayern Munich

9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) 10	FC St. Pauli	0–1	Bayern Munich	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1	Guilavogui  64' Saliakas  67' Blessin  68'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Musiala 22' Kim  66' Laimer  90+2'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Timo Gerach (Landau)

Borussia Mönchengladbach v FC St. Pauli

24 November 2024 (2024-11-24) 11	Borussia Mönchengladbach	2–0	FC St. Pauli	Mönchengladbach
17:30 UTC+1	Pléa 13' Kleindienst 44' Ullrich  54'	FCSP Report Kicker Report		Stadium: Borussia-Park Attendance: 50,042 Referee: Robin Braun (Wuppertal)

FC St. Pauli v Holstein Kiel

29 November 2024 (2024-11-29) 12	FC St. Pauli	3–1	Holstein Kiel	Hamburg
20:30 UTC+1	Saliakas 25' Smith  38' Guilavogui 56' Eggestein 85' Afolayan  86'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Holtby  23' Machino  23' Ivezić  27' Becker  38' Arp 45' Bremser  50' Harres 90+1' Erras  90+2'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Bayer Leverkusen v FC St. Pauli

7 December 2024 (2024-12-07) 13	Bayer Leverkusen	2–1	FC St. Pauli	Leverkusen
15:30 UTC+1	Wirtz 6' Tah 21' Hincapié  28'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Guilavogui  37', 84' Saliakas  75' Dźwigała  90+3'	Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 30,210 Referee: Matthias Jöllenbeck (Freiburg im Breisgau)

FC St. Pauli v Werder Bremen

14 December 2024 (2024-12-14) 14	FC St. Pauli	0–2	Werder Bremen	Hamburg
18:30 UTC+1	Sinani  65' Smith  67'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Stark  8' Friedl  12' Köhn 24' Stage  43' Ducksch 54'	Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion Attendance: 29,546 Referee: Robert Hartmann (Wangen im Allgäu)

VfB Stuttgart v FC St. Pauli

21 December 2024 (2024-12-21) 15	VfB Stuttgart	0–1	FC St. Pauli	Stuttgart
15:30 UTC+1	Keitel  76' Woltemade  90+4'	FCSP Report Kicker Report	Eggestein 21',  45+1', 53' Sinani  83'	Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 60,058 Referee: Felix Brych (Munich)

FC St. Pauli v Eintracht Frankfurt

11 January 2025 (2025-01-11) 16	FC St. Pauli	v	Eintracht Frankfurt	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

VfL Bochum v FC St. Pauli

15 January 2025 (2025-01-15) 17	VfL Bochum	v	FC St. Pauli	Bochum
18:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Vonovia Ruhrstadion

1. FC Heidenheim v FC St. Pauli

18 January 2025 (2025-01-18) 18	1. FC Heidenheim	v	FC St. Pauli	Heidenheim
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Voith-Arena

FC St. Pauli v Union Berlin

26 January 2025 (2025-01-26) 19	FC St. Pauli	v	Union Berlin	Hamburg
17:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

FC St. Pauli v FC Augsburg

1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) 20	FC St. Pauli	v	FC Augsburg	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

RB Leipzig v FC St. Pauli

9 February 2025 (2025-02-09) 21	RB Leipzig	v	FC St. Pauli	Leipzig
17:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

FC St. Pauli v SC Freiburg

15 February 2025 (2025-02-15) 22	FC St. Pauli	v	SC Freiburg	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

Mainz 05 v FC St. Pauli

22 February 2025 (2025-02-22) 23	Mainz 05	v	FC St. Pauli	Mainz
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Mewa Arena

FC St. Pauli v Borussia Dortmund

1 March 2025 (2025-03-01) 24	FC St. Pauli	v	Borussia Dortmund	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

VfL Wolfsburg v FC St. Pauli

8 March 2025 (2025-03-08) 25	VfL Wolfsburg	v	FC St. Pauli	Wolfsburg
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Volkswagen Arena

FC St. Pauli v TSG Hoffenheim

15 March 2025 (2025-03-15) 26	FC St. Pauli	v	TSG Hoffenheim	Hamburg
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

Bayern Munich v FC St. Pauli

29 March 2025 (2025-03-29) 27	Bayern Munich	v	FC St. Pauli	Munich
--:-- UTC+1				Stadium: Allianz Arena

FC St. Pauli v Borussia Mönchengladbach

5 April 2025 (2025-04-05) 28	FC St. Pauli	v	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

FC St. Pauli v Bayer Leverkusen

19 April 2025 (2025-04-19) 30	FC St. Pauli	v	Bayer Leverkusen	Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

Werder Bremen v FC St. Pauli

26 April 2025 (2025-04-26) 31	Werder Bremen	v	FC St. Pauli	Bremen
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Weserstadion

FC St. Pauli v VfB Stuttgart

3 May 2025 (2025-05-03) 32	FC St. Pauli	v	VfB Stuttgart	Hamburg
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

Eintracht Frankfurt v FC St. Pauli

10 May 2025 (2025-05-10) 33	Eintracht Frankfurt	v	FC St. Pauli	Frankfurt
--:-- UTC+2				Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park

FC St. Pauli v VfL Bochum

17 May 2025 (2025-05-17) 34	FC St. Pauli	v	VfL Bochum	Hamburg
15:30 UTC+2				Stadium: Millerntor-Stadion

DFB-Pokal

Main article: 2024–25 DFB-Pokal

Hallescher FC v FC St. Pauli

16 August 2024 (2024-08-16) First round	Hallescher FC	2–3 (a.e.t.)	FC St. Pauli	Halle
18:00 UTC+2	Akono 11' Kulke  59' Hauptmann 62' Halangk  90+1' Löhmannsröben  101' Landgraf  102' Berger  109' Vujanic  118'	DFB Report FCSP Report Kicker Report	Guilavogui  43' Eggestein 48' Irvine  68' Dźwigała 90+4' Boukhalfa  102' Ritzka 110' Mets  119'	Stadium: Leuna-Chemie-Stadion Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Berlin)

RB Leipzig v FC St. Pauli

29 October 2024 (2024-10-29) Second round	RB Leipzig	4–2	FC St. Pauli	Leipzig
18:00 UTC+1	Poulsen 12', 30' Baumgartner 17' Nusa 80'	DFB Report FCSP Report Kicker Report	Guilavogui 28' Saliakas  40' Smith 58'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 40,478 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Berlin)

Squad and statistics

As of 21 December 2024

No.	Pos	Player	1. Bundesliga		DFB-Pokal		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ben Voll	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Manolis Saliakas	12+2	1	1	0	15	1
3	DF	Karol Mets	10	0	2	0	12	0
4	DF	David Nemeth	5	0	0	0	5	0
5	DF	Hauke Wahl	15	0	2	0	17	0
6	MF	James Sands	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Jackson Irvine	15	0	2	0	17	0
8	DF	Eric Smith	14	1	2	1	16	2
9	FW	Abdoulie Ceesay	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Danel Sinani	2+8	0	0+1	0	11	0
11	FW	Johannes Eggestein	15	2	2	1	17	3
13	FW	Noah Weißhaupt	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF	Fin Stevens	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	MF	Carlo Boukhalfa	11+2	1	0+2	0	15	1
17	FW	Dapo Afolayan	11+4	2	1+1	0	17	2
18	FW	Scott Banks	0+5	0	0	0	5	0
19	FW	Andreas Albers	0+12	1	0+1	0	13	1
20	MF	Erik Ahlstrand	0+5	0	0+1	0	6	0
21	DF	Lars Ritzka	5+5	0	0+2	1	12	1
22	GK	Nikola Vasilj	15	0	2	0	17	0
23	DF	Philipp Treu	14	0	2	0	16	0
24	MF	Connor Metcalfe	2+2	0	1	0	5	0
25	DF	Adam Dźwigała	0+9	0	0+1	1	10	1
26	FW	Elias Saad	3+3	2	0+1	0	7	2
27	FW	Simon Zoller	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	GK	Sören Ahlers	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	Morgan Guilavogui	11+2	2	2	1	15	3
30	GK	Sascha Burchert	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	GK	Eric Oelschlägel	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	FW	Maurides	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
34	DF	Muhammad Dahaba	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	MF	Robert Wagner	5+3	0	2	0	10	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season

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